Saturday Hours Return at Branches: Sunday Hours Return at Central
Library
Full weekend schedule to take effect October 16-17
BOSTON — September 8, 2010 – The Boston Public Library’s full
weekend schedule will take effect system-wide on the weekend of
October 16-17, 2010. Saturday hours will return to Boston Public
Library branches on October 16; Sunday hours will return to the
Central Library in Copley Square on October 17.
Saturday hours in the Boston Public Library branches vary per
location, but are typically 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., 10:00 a.m. –
3:00 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The only branches that will
not have Saturday hours are the Brighton branch (at 40 Academy
Hill Road), which is currently closed for renovations, and the
Washington Village branch (at 1226 Columbia Road in South
Boston), which does not have Saturday hours.
Sunday hours at the Central Library will be 1:00 p.m. – 5:00
p.m. The Central Library is open year-round on Saturdays 9:00
a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Detailed information about current library hours is available
online at www.bpl.org/general/hours.htm.
About the BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY:
For more than 160 years, the Boston Public Library has pioneered
public library service in America. Established in 1848, the
Boston Public Library was the first publicly supported municipal
library in America, the first public library to lend books, the
first to have a branch library, and the first to have a
children’s room. Today, the Boston Public Library has
twenty-seven neighborhood locations, including the Central
Library in Copley Square. Each year, the Boston Public Library
hosts nearly 12,000 programs, answers more than one million
reference questions, and serves millions of people. All of its
programs and exhibits are free and open to the public. At the
Boston Public Library, books are just the beginning. To learn
more, visit www.bpl.org.
